Kim Kirkman, Author at Seesawmag

Pictured top: Eric Hynynen 'Canvascape' series, 2021. Top L-R: 'Fuchsia', 'Lilac Field', 'Tangerine Dream'. Bottom L-R: 'Blue Skies', 'Make Lemonade', 'Green is Good'. Each 2021 enamel on canvas 30 x 30cm. Six enamel works designed to look like squares of rumpled canvas, variously coloured red, lilac, orange, turquoise, yellow and kermit green. They are arranged in two rows of three against a white brick background. Somewhere into the rainbow

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Somewhere into the rainbow

7 December 2021

Spanning the spectrum, ‘Expander-COLOUR’ is a playful exploration of the many moods and tones of colour, discovers Kim Kirkman.

Sidney Tapia Through you 2020. Oil on wooden board, 22 x 22 cm. A painting of a man who looks to be a First Nations Australian. He has a greying beard and shaggy hair and is facing at right angles to the viewer, but has his head turned to us. He wears a flannelette hoodie. Lester finalists are relatable, dynamic and charismatic

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Lester finalists are relatable, dynamic and charismatic

19 October 2021

WA’s prestigious annual portrait prize exhibition celebrates both the individuality and universality of human nature, finds Kim Kirkman.

Laure Prouvost, Lick in the past, 2016, video still_2 A photograph taken from the dashboard of a car. The road stretches towards an arid looking mountain range that stands stark against a blue sky. Tales of two sun-bleached cities

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Tales of two sun-bleached cities

3 August 2021

Named after The Triffid’s 1986 album, ‘Love in Bright Landscapes’ is an exhibition that explores the shiny and seamy sides of Perth and Los Angeles, writes Kim Kirkman, who also takes in two other exhibitions currently on show at PICA.

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Breaking the rules to tantalise the senses

14 June 2021

Who says artworks should be for the eyes only? In two new exhibitions, DADAA offers a multi-sensory experience that feels fun and refreshing, writes Kim Kirkman.

Two actors, Caitlin Beresford-Ord and Andrew Hale, stand behind music stands, a microphone between them. In the background are paintings, they are in the Orangery art gallery. They appear to be mid-performance. Gender bender is timely

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Gender bender is timely

19 April 2021

Lit Live’s production of Dan Rebellato’s new radio play You & Me feels timely, even if the script leaves some questions unanswered, writes Kim Kirkman.

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Hot-headed mix of profanity and poetry

28 January 2021

Kim Kirkman praises the well-drawn characters and the clever and evocative writing in What of It.

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Seesaw respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation and their elders, past, present and emerging. Continue

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Somewhere into the rainbow

Lester finalists are relatable, dynamic and charismatic

Tales of two sun-bleached cities

Breaking the rules to tantalise the senses

Gender bender is timely

Hot-headed mix of profanity and poetry

Seesaw respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation and their elders, past, present and emerging.
Continue